314. Gotta Catch Half Of 'Em!

Topic Lords

Content provided by Jim Stormdancer. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Jim Stormdancer or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

14d ago 1:04:45

MP3•Episode home

Elena
Joël

Topics:

The Luck Factor:
- http://www.richardwiseman.com/resources/The_Luck_Factor.pdf
Dual pilgrim certificate
The return of PicoSteveMo
- https://itch.io/jam/picostevemo-3
Every poem, by every human
- https://www.tumblr.com/nextworldover/793694487879827456/animatedamerican-atamascolily

Microtopics:

Packing cubes.
The Rolling Method.
Modular backpacks.
Camera people: a different type of people.
Nested zippered envelopes labeled one through five.
Why does your purse say "three" on it??
Tool user opinions.
Getting ready for fiction to incorporate our new conception of what AI is.
Running experiments on people who self-identify as lucky or unlucky.
Gladstone Gander.
Paying your put-upon nephew a dime to accompany you on a trip to Zazu-Zazu.
Stan Connery's terrible taste in roles.
Natalie Portman's Tom Scott number.
Systems that are gamable but not trivially gamable.
Rick Rubin numbers vs. Sabbath Numbers.
The Kumano Kodo Trail's trail adjudicators ringing a bell and giving you a certificate to certify that you've walked their trail.
A terrible time of year to hike the Camino de Santiago.
Taking a wrong turn while hiking the Camino de Santiago and ending up on France.
All the school children running over to high five the pilgrims.
Feral Eucalyptus plantation.
Peeking into all the ancient mills.
Shrine tossing tricks.
Passing bones from chopstick to chopstick.
The three major sources of ritual pollution.
Getting sick of climbing the hill all the time so you write a poem explaining that the gods don't want the shrine to be at the top of the hill any more.
Harassment prevention for non-supervisors.
Printing and framing the certificate you got after taking the class on filling out your timecard.
The uncle so otherwise never contacts you sending you a happy birthday message on LinkedIn every year.
Endorsing your friend on LinkedIn for being a git.
Balloons in the sewer.
Sokoban mechanics that could apply Stephen King's It.
A tricycle kart racer set in the Overlook hotel.
NanoSteveMo.
The scruffy guy the hotel manager doesn't want around.
Singlehandedly supplying the fanbase for this Mo.
Hoarding Pico-8 cartridges on you desktop.
The Spore creature creator exporting your creature as a PNG.
A topic for another Topic Lords.
Concatenating a zip file to the end of a different file.
Here's this artifact. Please try it out.
Saving PNGs to Starlings.
Storing your Pico-8 game in a bird.
Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme.
Pirating software on Usenet.
Catching 50 out of 100 birds to extract the Pico-8 game from them.
Realizing that it's a plums in a refrigerator thing and moving on.
Helping a stranger grieve using your well-honed crossword skills.
Approaching classical literature as a collection of in-jokes and wanting to be in on the joke.
A book with a serrated edge.
How to read a book vs. how to read a poem.

Support Topic Lords

317 episodes

#Arts #Podcasting Education #Comedy #Jim Stormdancer

314. Gotta Catch Half Of 'Em!

Topic Lords

published 14d ago

MP3•Episode home

Lords:

Elena
Joël

Topics:

The Luck Factor:
- http://www.richardwiseman.com/resources/The_Luck_Factor.pdf
Dual pilgrim certificate
The return of PicoSteveMo
- https://itch.io/jam/picostevemo-3
Every poem, by every human
- https://www.tumblr.com/nextworldover/793694487879827456/animatedamerican-atamascolily

Microtopics:

Packing cubes.
The Rolling Method.
Modular backpacks.
Camera people: a different type of people.
Nested zippered envelopes labeled one through five.
Why does your purse say "three" on it??
Tool user opinions.
Getting ready for fiction to incorporate our new conception of what AI is.
Running experiments on people who self-identify as lucky or unlucky.
Gladstone Gander.
Paying your put-upon nephew a dime to accompany you on a trip to Zazu-Zazu.
Stan Connery's terrible taste in roles.
Natalie Portman's Tom Scott number.
Systems that are gamable but not trivially gamable.
Rick Rubin numbers vs. Sabbath Numbers.
The Kumano Kodo Trail's trail adjudicators ringing a bell and giving you a certificate to certify that you've walked their trail.
A terrible time of year to hike the Camino de Santiago.
Taking a wrong turn while hiking the Camino de Santiago and ending up on France.
All the school children running over to high five the pilgrims.
Feral Eucalyptus plantation.
Peeking into all the ancient mills.
Shrine tossing tricks.
Passing bones from chopstick to chopstick.
The three major sources of ritual pollution.
Getting sick of climbing the hill all the time so you write a poem explaining that the gods don't want the shrine to be at the top of the hill any more.
Harassment prevention for non-supervisors.
Printing and framing the certificate you got after taking the class on filling out your timecard.
The uncle so otherwise never contacts you sending you a happy birthday message on LinkedIn every year.
Endorsing your friend on LinkedIn for being a git.
Balloons in the sewer.
Sokoban mechanics that could apply Stephen King's It.
A tricycle kart racer set in the Overlook hotel.
NanoSteveMo.
The scruffy guy the hotel manager doesn't want around.
Singlehandedly supplying the fanbase for this Mo.
Hoarding Pico-8 cartridges on you desktop.
The Spore creature creator exporting your creature as a PNG.
A topic for another Topic Lords.
Concatenating a zip file to the end of a different file.
Here's this artifact. Please try it out.
Saving PNGs to Starlings.
Storing your Pico-8 game in a bird.
Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme.
Pirating software on Usenet.
Catching 50 out of 100 birds to extract the Pico-8 game from them.
Realizing that it's a plums in a refrigerator thing and moving on.
Helping a stranger grieve using your well-honed crossword skills.
Approaching classical literature as a collection of in-jokes and wanting to be in on the joke.
A book with a serrated edge.
How to read a book vs. how to read a poem.

Support Topic Lords

317 episodes

#Arts #Podcasting Education #Comedy #Jim Stormdancer

All episodes

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

Listen to 500+ topics

Similar to Topic Lords

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Topic Lords « » 314. Gotta Catch Half Of 'Em!

314. Gotta Catch Half Of 'Em!

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Welcome to Player FM!

Similar to Topic Lords

Topic Lords « »
314. Gotta Catch Half Of 'Em!